basketball dreams

Chapter 76 Superstar Leonard

After a timeout, players from both sides walked back to the bench. The first half of the first quarter had already been played. The Cavaliers had the upper hand and led the Raptors by 4 points. Today they felt very good. Yun Chen and Love each scored 6 points. point.

The Raptors were on the bench. At this time, Ibaka's face was extremely ugly, and he listened to the head coach explaining tactics with a sinking face.

He played very aggrieved. So far in his career, he has become the opponent's team's first offensive breakthrough point for the first time, which makes him feel unbelievable!

Two-time NBA league block leader, three-time NBA best defensive first team, these iron honors perfectly explain that he is a strong defensive player.

Although he is not as good as before due to injuries and age, he is still a man who can be called the team's defensive thigh.

But today, whether he is going to defend Love or Li Yunchen, he will be easily scored by the opponent, and his self-confidence will be destroyed!
"What's wrong with me? Have I really fallen to the point of being bullied?" Ibaka couldn't help asking himself in a low voice. For the first time in his life, he had huge doubts about his ability.

However, what is surprising is that although he was blown up on the defensive end, their head coach Nick Nass didn't mean to worry at all, and still arranged some very conventional tactics.

However, he made a small adjustment at the end.

Nurse: "Leonard, you and Ibaka switch defenses, you go to the other side's Li Yunchen, whether it is offensive or defensive, don't let him go."

Hearing this sentence, Leonard did not express his opinion, but just nodded calmly. He has always been very silent.

But Ibaka quit. Didn't he make it clear to surrender to the opponent by changing defense at this time?

Immediately, he looked at Nas: "Coach, I..."

But Nas didn't give him a chance to speak at all, but stood up and left with the tactical board.

Ibaka: "..."

"Beep!" At this moment, the referee blew his whistle, the players on both sides returned to the field, and the game continued.

Neither side has made personnel adjustments for the time being, and they are still starting the game. The rhythm in the first half of the first quarter is not fast, so their physical strength is still quite abundant.

The Raptors have the ball, and it is still Lowry who organizes the offense.

Xiaogangpao has not shown a very strong desire to attack today, and has been trying to link up the team, but the Cavaliers did not take him lightly, and still sent Hill to follow every step of the defense.

"Huh?" After playing, Yun Chen still defended Ibaka as before, but to his surprise, Ibaka didn't go inside at this time, but ran to the outside flank.

Instead, Kawhi Leonard stood in front of him and followed him every step of the way.

"..." Yun Chen couldn't help frowning at this moment. He purposely went to confront Ibaka so that he wouldn't encounter Leonard head-on. He didn't expect that the opponent would take the initiative to change formation and follow him, which immediately gave him a headache. big!
Leonard is a player who makes superstars like LeBron James and Kevin Durant extremely troublesome. Yunchen thinks that he is not the opponent at all!

"Shua!" At this time, after some observation, Lowry passed the ball to Leonard in the middle distance.

Leonard's hand feeling is relatively good today. He has scored 8 points in the first quarter so far. The Raptors' offense is largely supported by him alone.

Although Yun Chen was a little helpless, he still bit the bullet and stepped forward. Facing Leonard, he obviously lacked confidence.

"Huh!" At this moment, Leonard moved, and after catching the ball, he suddenly broke to the right. His speed was extremely fast, and his body was abnormally rigid. Yun Chen stuck up to defend, but found that he couldn't stand the opponent at all!
Although Leonard's weight is not heavy, his body has solid muscles!Compared with Yun Chen, it is simply crushing!Just like the last time I met James, a sense of despair welled up in my heart.

"Wow!" Leonard pressed Yun Chen against him, then leaned back with his strength, and shot a high-arc layup!

"Bang" the basketball hit the board, very relaxed and freehand. 18-16.

Yun Chen stood there with his waist in his hands and sighed. When he met such an opponent, he had no choice but to accept his fate. He was not an opponent at all.

But this was only a defeat on the defensive end. As long as they played well on the offensive end, they could still stabilize the situation, so Yun Chen immediately ran back to prepare to attack.

But what made him vomit blood was that Leonard followed him lingeringly... It seemed that he had completely locked on to him, not giving him any chance at all.

Hill came over with the ball. At this time, he could finally give the ball to Osman. In the first half, Osman was completely out of position by Leonard, and now he was finally liberated.

So for a moment, the Cavaliers lineup seemed to come to life, everyone started running to cover, and the team went back to their favorite movement patterns.

However, things are not that simple at all, because Yunchen has been completely restrained by Leonard's death entanglement at this time. Although he is still running, Osman who holds the ball has already discovered that he is now just There is no space for him to catch the ball at all.

"Wow!" He could only pass the ball to Love on the inside and let Love play singles.

Love faced Ibaka again. In the first half of the first quarter, Love almost beat the opponent.

But at this time, Ibaka seems to have slowly adapted to Love's offensive mode, and posted it bit by bit, very cautiously.

Because he was blown up before, he is extra cautious now.

As a result, Love felt a little uncomfortable, and forced his shot after a fake move, but because of the serious interference, the basketball hit the iron and bounced out.

"Wow!" The fans in the auditorium were suddenly surprised. This is the first time since Love's game that Ibaka did not score in a singles.

The Raptors took the rebound and handed it to Leonard for a quick counterattack. Yunchen immediately went to follow up and compared his speed. He was not afraid of anyone.

However, basketball is not about speed. Leonard pushed Yun Chen all the way to the basket, and then ignored the defense at all, and just raised his hand and took off!
He actually wanted to dunk, and it was in front of Yun Chen!

"Damn it!" Yun Chen couldn't help swearing, the other party didn't make any sense now, and he was just using his personal ability to force himself!
"Bang!" Fortunately, Yunchen's reaction speed was very fast. He took off one step ahead of time to interfere, and forcibly changed the direction of his dunk by Leonard's side. The ball hit the basket's neck, and Yun Chen can barely avoid the fate of being detained!

"Huh..." At this time, he couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, thankful that he had escaped.

However, at this moment when he was still rejoicing, Leonard was extremely fast, landed in an instant, and ran towards the ejected ball.

After the ball was bounced, Lowry, who was followed by the Raptors, got it. Hill followed him and didn't make a random shot. At this time, seeing Leonard coming, he immediately handed the ball out.

Leonard came beyond the three-point line in one step, and then he didn't even look at his feet. He shot the ball as soon as he caught it.

"Shua!" Yun Chen's eyes widened in disbelief, this person was blocked by himself for dunking just now, and he was not affected at all, and immediately went over to attack again!
"Bang!" The basketball bounced twice on the hoop, but it still fell!Leonard relied on his own ability to beat the Cavaliers 5-0!

18-19.

In just two rounds of offense and defense, Leonard directly crushed Yunchen, evening the difference between the two sides!
"Superstars...really scary."

(End of this chapter)